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Show INDUSTRY PUT 01 PEACE BASIS Industries Board Announces ' Many Modifications in i War-time Restrictions. j Concerns May Now Increase Their Output by Fifty Per Cent. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. As the first I step In national industrial readjustment from a war to a peace basis, the war industries in-dustries board today announced modul-! modul-! cations in the restrictions against non-i non-i war construction and manufacturing. All industries whose peace-time output ! has been curtailed in the interest of the nation's war program, may now increase their output 50 per cent of the amount of restriction imposed by the board, while all restrictions are removed against the : building of farm or ranch buildings, structures, roadways or plant facilities for railroads, railways and other public utilities, and the construction, maintenance, mainte-nance, improvement or development by federal, state or municipal authorities ot" highways, roads, boulevards, bridges, streets, parks, playgrounds and public utilities,' Including water," sewerage, light, power and street railways. j Automobile Industry. Forty -two specific industries, chief , among them the passenger automobile Industry, are affected by the modifications modifica-tions of curtailments imposei on manufacturers manu-facturers since the war began. They Include: In-clude: Agricultural Implements and farm operating equipment, including tractors. Heating, and cooklijg appliances and devices using coal, coke, wood, gas, oil and gasoline and electricity. Boilers and radiators. Family sewing machines. electric vacuum cleaners. Metal beds, cots and couches, including bunks and metal springs. Linoleum and rug felt floor covering. Black galvanized and enameled ware I and tinplate household utensils. Pianos, piano-players and automatic I pianos and parts; talking machines, Including In-cluding motor accessories apd needles : baby carriages, corsets, bicycles and sporting sport-ing goods; refrigerators, washing machines ma-chines and clothes wringers ; Ice cream freezers, glass bottles and jars, tinplate, pottery, lawn mowers, electric fans, padlocks, pad-locks, scales and balances and rat and animal traps. Requirement Nullified. Hand stamping and marking devices, pocket knives and similar products; road machinery, builders' hardware and cash registers and pneumatic automobile tires. Under the new ruling passenger automobiles auto-mobiles may henceforth be manufactured to the extent of 75 per cent of the annual output. Last August the automobile industry in-dustry was required to manufacture pas- i Sanger cars on a basis of 50 per cent of their annual output, and were warned to j get on a 100 per cent war basis by January Janu-ary 1, 1919. This would havo meant devoting de-voting their entire plants to war or essential essen-tial work. Today's action nullified such 1 a requirement. Together with the partial lifting of the j ban on curtailments, the board abrogated abro-gated all pledges made by wholesale and J retail dealers in raw material, semi- j finishprf and finished nroducls. other than i building materials, affecting such commodities, com-modities, including pledges regarding reselling. re-selling. Manufacturers, however, will continue con-tinue to give pledges as heretofore, except those requiring the exacting of pledges from those buying from them for resale. Aid Procuring Labor. The priorities division of the war Industries In-dustries board, It was announced, will assist as far as possible Industries In procuring pro-curing labor, transportation, fuel and materials ma-terials to enable them to get on a normal basis as rapidly as conditions warrant, but precedence will be given to stimulate production of cargo ships and the army and navy requirements and the nation's proportion of "the enormous volume of materials, equipment and supplies, as j shall he required for the reconstruction j and rehabilitation of the devastated tcr- rltorles of Europe." Precedence also will be Riven food and j coal production, that of oil, natural gas, textiles and clothing and minerals; public j utility requirements, and to permit amH stimulate intensive development of Inland i waterways. All limitations on the production of building materials, including brick, cement, ce-ment, lime, hollow tile and lumber also were removed In connection with modifications modifi-cations of the restrictions on buildings, j and they may be delivered subject to modifications mod-ifications of the non-war construction program announced. Besides those relating to municipal and public utility building, restrictions on non-war non-war building lifted Included those against the construction, extension or repairing j of all Irrigation and drainage projects; (Continued on Pago Two.) " ON PEACE BASIS (Continued from Page One.) construction projects connected with the extension, expansion or development of mines of every character connected with the production and refining of mineral oils and natural Eras, and the construction, construc-tion, alterations or extensions of. or repairs re-pairs or additions to, plants engaged In producing, milling, refining, preserving, refrigerating or storing food and feeds. School houses and churches, hospitals and public buildings, costing not to exceed ex-ceed $25,010. also may be huilt without Permits. Certain otner buildings within this cost may be built on approval by-state by-state councils of defense, while certain other buildings up to $10,000 may be constructed con-structed without license. Restrictions on the variety of woolen sweaters and similar articles also were lifted by the hoard, and it was announced that conservation measures as to stvles and types put into effect to preserve materials, ma-terials, such as those affecting the shoe, clothing and other Industries wilt be dealt with later. |